RocketMan said:
NICE harvest you have going there Annie and then a box of pepper love from Ramon to boot. Looks like you had a great day there.
Bill, it was great finally getting to taste the white bhut! First day of classes are . . . tragicomedic
JJJessee said:
Yes, a beautiful bit of crop. Having a little snail problem here as well but so far I'm still ahead of the lose-a-few curve. My datils are stubborn too.
Even my TS moruga is ahead of them now.
My sweet bells, contrary to King of the North varietal's supposed parameters are taking FOREVER to turn red. I'm already afraid I'll be back at some farmer's market, probably Asheville, to get a bushel of big reds -smoking, pickling, saucing and such. Only a few of 12 or so have more than 4 or 5 peppers on 'em.
Seems we've at least made it to the Spin cycle.
Thank you, Carl! KoN might not work in South? Could it be the seed? I know I got some that were not . . . Ditto that on any colored bell--blushing bell is stuck on yellow--yellow ain't blush. Yeller is yeller. But
have found that putting them in brown paper bag with apples does get them red if they're slightly turning. Sweet apple is one I want to grow again but is now slowly turning in bag with apples. Right-on about staying ahead the slugs. Early morning pulls with salt shaker and chuckle. + 1 spin! Man, that rinse cycle became tiresome.
Bodeen said:
Great harvest and great review. Makes me want to grow the white one next year for an omelet or two!!!
Thanks Bodeen! Grow it, grow it, grow it!!
WalkGood said:
When I tasted my first white one, I did so with 2 friends, plus #1 and all 3 of us said we knew the taste, we felt that we had tasted it before so we’re all on the same page with you muchacha. When I say she tastes like anise I don’t mean exactly but mean similar, naturally there is a difference. Next; when I say kumquat rind it’s the sweetness and the citrus side of it that I refer to, not any sour what so ever but remember that the rind of a kumquat is the sweetest part of it unlike the juicy center of the kumquat which is sour. Hard to pinpoint this one but if I do, I’ll write a full blown review … but I can say for sure that this white girl has warmed her way into my top 3 favorite peppers ^_^
Can’t wait to see you grow dem bad girls, have a great week!
Why a dive, be selective you deserve the best muchacha
Oh yeah, no sour whatsoever with this pepper and absolutely--rind, after soft massage, is only part of k-quat--I retract that. Had the BEST tasting, at that time, super-illegal Bacanora in Austin that somebody had smuggled in from Mexico. Typical mezcal needed to sit down to that, but old habits die hard; so, some salt and sour of kumquat (wasted on that delicious stuff) but after a while seeing not only triple (and things that probably weren't there) . . . but we had kumquats and didn't mind the sour. Then again didn't mind much of anything
. . . but
do know what you mean.
Almost ground some star anise tonight to smell deeply but didn't. Glad I didn't as that would probably bias. But ya know, the sweetness of k-quat rind might be the slight taste, with more "smell-taste" being anise.
So kind of you to say "why a dive." We might have opportunity to move to Ft. Myers. I adore SW FL. Have no clue about music scene there but for that "not-dive," I'd be lobbying for Austin redux only because no matter how much it changes, Austin remains a live music capital. Know anything about FMyers and music? Rumor has it "Cheeseburger in Paradise" (the most Zen song ever written--I wrote an essay on that in undergrad, lol) was composed across the way from FMeyers. I just want to be in
warmer hot weather = year 'round grows
, few shoes, no heavy clothes, ahhhhhh.
Devv said:
Hi Annie,
Great review! It seems everyone who's tried the white loved it. Really nice to find a great tasting pepper.
I can say this about your job, if you can come up with good stories it can't be all bad
These kids nowadays aren't ready for prime time. We were weren't we? I would like to think so, I've always jumped in with two feet...sometimes landed in poop....but that's life...
We're past the hump, it's all downhill to the weekend!
Scott, you eternal optimist! "Pollyandy" lives! No; not
all bad but then neither was my boat explosion since nobody got hurt.
And you just had to write, "downhill."
Yeah: by the time I was 18, 19, I was going on 30 in experience but I was responsible and curious enough to try; if ya goof, so what? Gotta sleep. Inbox had 500+ questions about syllabi when I said, clearly, plainly, we'd continue "studying" them tomorrow. Hold many more hands gonna demand they sing "Cumbaya" while we do it.
Have a good one and check PO! Thanks!
. Peace, Annie
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